noun
millennial
mih-LEHN-ih-uhl
noun
1
A person born roughly between the early 1980s and mid-1990s, who came of age around the year 2000.
"Millennials grew up alongside the rise of the internet."
adj
1
Relating to a period of a thousand years, or to the year 2000 specifically.
"The millennial celebrations lit up cities around the world."
How to Use Millennial
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost commonly today, a member of the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s; less commonly, something relating to a thousand-year span.
Common pairings
millennial generation
typical millennial
Word Forms
millennials plural
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Etymology
The generational sense was coined in 1991 by American authors William Strauss and Neil Howe in their book Generations; the older adjective sense comes from Latin mīllennium plus the suffix -al.